by darrelldklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
May 13, 2008 at 06:23 PM
On May 13, 3:37 pm, "michael gaster" <gas...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <darrelldkl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:9ca9d5dd-1705-4a51-850e-fd56dfac08f6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >I just got a Crown XS500 off e-bay. It seems to work fine, but its
> > fans sound like little whiney turbines. Not a big deal in a live sound
> > environment, but still pretty loud. Way louder than my Altec 9444A.
>
> > Does anyone have first hand experience with this amp to know if this
> > is a sign if impending fan failure or is it normal?
> > Thanks.
>
> you can try buying another cooling fan that is the exact same model and
> reverse the polarity on it and cancel the noise from the first one. ;-)
>
> --
> Michael Gaster
> Gaster Engineering
Great idea! It has two fans, so I'll do it!